Truly living more fully like Christ calls us to a life of mission. To go out in to the world to witness is one of our main callings.
One of the things I rail against is the common belief prevalent in our society now that we must travel far to do mission. Truly there are those called to do that, but I have worked with people that ask only when our next “mission trip” is. Do you need to take a trip to be in mission? To me the answer is a resounding NO.
We do not need a trip to do mission. Instead, I will strive to step out in to my back yard and help those around me. I will strive to witness to those closest to me and hope that it will have a ripple effect that will cause those in further communities to spread the news to those in their own community.
Surely God still calls some to mission in far off lands, but we must do away with the belief that this is the only kind of mission.